diff --git a/scripts/bringup_guestfs.sh b/scripts/bringup_guestfs.sh
index ad5a5f35..3180b30e 100755
--- a/scripts/bringup_guestfs.sh
+++ b/scripts/bringup_guestfs.sh
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ build_custom_image()
 	CUSTOM_IMAGE="${CUSTOM_IMAGE_DIR}/${OS_VERSION}.raw"
 	CUSTOM_IMAGE_OK="${CUSTOM_IMAGE_DIR}.ok"
 	CUSTOM_SOURCE="/etc/virt-builder/repos.d/kdevops-custom-images-${OS_VERSION}.conf"
-	CUSTOM_INDEX="$(realpath ${CUSTOM_IMAGE_DIR}/index)"
+	CUSTOM_INDEX="${CUSTOM_IMAGE_DIR}/index"
 
 	mkdir -p ${CUSTOM_IMAGE_DIR}